Organizers:
Centro per le Scienze Religiose (ISR), Fondazione Bruno Kessler;
Reset Dialogues on Civilizations;
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Georgetown University
Location:
Fondazione Bruno Kessler | Aula Grande | Via S. Croce, 77 – 38122 Trento
Abstract:
What is the role of sacred texts and related theories in shaping political frames more inclined to tolerance and pluralism or on the contrary to radicalism and violence? What is the resulting role of religion in violent conflicts?
Starting from these questions, aim of the conference is to analyze the various roles of sacred texts in different religious and cultural traditions, regarding violence, and in particular the hermeneutics of violence in the sacred texts, the role of sacred texts in the shaping of theories and practice of religion-related politics, theories of religion in the narrative of international conflicts, contemporary strategies for countering violence through religious pluralism. We will analyze the role of religion not as an independent and decontextualized variable, but as a factor linked to politics, society, culture, economy and ethics. Theologians, philosophers, anthropologists and political scientist are involved.
Programme:
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Tuesday, 10 October 2017
14.00 – 14.30 Welcome and Introduction
Giancarlo Bosetti, Reset Dialogues on Civilizations
Gerard Mannion, Georgetown University
Marco Ventura, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
SESSION 1 | Hermeneutics of Violence in the Sacred Texts
Chair: Debora Tonelli, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
14.30 – 15.10 Divine Violence in an Anthropological Perspective
André Wénin, Université Catholique de Louvain
15.15 – 15.55 Jihad as liberation in the Qur’an
Massimo Campanini, IUSS Pavia-Ambrosian Academy Milan
15.55 – 16.15 Break
16.15 – 16.55 Bhagavad Gita and Violence in Indian Struggle for Independence
Donatella Dolcini, University Statale of Milano
17.00 – 17.40 Law of war, capital punishment and Flogging: restriction of sovereign power in early rabbinic literature
Naftali Rothenberg, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
17.45 – 18.30 Discussion
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
SESSION 2 | Politics of Religion and Violence
Chair: Pasquale Annicchino, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
09.00 – 09.40 Organization versus Holy Texts: Violence and Political Essence of Religions
Manlio Graziano, University La Sorbonne
09.45 – 10.25 “Figure Out What the Hell is Going On”: The Conceptualization and Operationalization of Religion in Trump’s Foreign Policy
Judd Birdsall, Cambridge Institute for Religion & International Studies
10.25 – 10.45 Break
10.45 – 11.25 Religions and the Politics of Ethno-Nationalisms in Asia Hindutva, Sinhalatva, Laskar Jihad and Laskar Kristus. A Postcolonial Reading
Jude Lal Fernando, Trinity College Dublin
11.30 – 12.10 Religious revivalism and the limits of interpretation
Assaf Sharon, Tel Aviv University
12.15 – 12.55 The Bible, Identity, and Violence: Violence and Biblical Interpretations in North America
Leo Lefebure, Georgetown University
12.55 – 13.30 Discussion
13.30 – 14.45 Lunch
SESSION 3 | The Role of Theories of Religion in Countering Violence
Chair: Gerard Mannion, Georgetown University 14.45 – 15.25 Legitimating Violence: Text, Belief, Punishment and Reward in Religious Contexts
Ian Reader, University of Manchester
15.30 – 16.10 In the Time of the Nations: Faith Contra Violence
Fred Dallmayr, University of Notre Dame
16.10 – 16.30 Break
16.30 – 17.10 The Contribution of Islam to Peace and in the Middle East and Beyond
Irene Jillson, Georgetown University
17.15 – 17.55 Visions of Great Peace: Thinking through Chinese Religions on Personal and Socio-political Harmony
Louis Komjathy, University of San Diego
17.55 – 18.30 Discussion
Thursday, 12 October 2017
SESSION 4 | Mobilising the Interdisciplinary Approach: Ressources Theology, Sociology and the Law
Chair: Marco Ventura, Fondazione Bruno Kessler 09.00 – 09.40 Theologizing Contextually – Sketches of an Indian Experience
Vincent Sekhar, IDCR, Loyola College, Chennai
09.45 – 10.25 Extreme Buddhism: Leaving Monasteries, Fighting the Enemy
Vincenzo Pace, University of Padua
10.25 – 10.45 Break
10.45 – 11.25 The Challenge of Dual and Plural Legal Systems: Religious and Secular Jurisdictions
Gloria Moran, ICMES – Washington DC
11.30 – 12.10 Religion, Transvaluation and the Suspension of the Ethical
Gerard Mannion, Georgetown University
12.10 – 13.00 Discussion
13.00 – 13.30 Final Remarks
Giancarlo Bosetti, Reset Dialogues on Civilizations
Gerard Mannion, Georgetown University
Marco Ventura, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
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Contacts:
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